Assessing the value of patient navigation for completing cancer screening

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1618-1619

  Byers, Tim ^a  

^a Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SCREENING; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; HUMANS; PATIENT NAVIGATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867313477     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-12-0964     Document Type: Short Survey

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